Loose-leaf holder



Get. 7 1924.

A. JEDEL- LOOSE LEAF. HOLDER Filed Sept. 13, 1923 Patented Get. 7,1924;,

iiS'lT T iii AARON JEDEL, 0F YORK, N. Y.

LOOSE'IJEAF 13110151713121.

Application filed September Improvements in Loose-Leaf Holders, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a loose leaf holdercharacterized by simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and by apeculiar capacity of function whereby it is adapted to securely hold allof the loose leaves save the one that is grasped for removal whichlatter may be withdrawn with facility at the back of the device.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the holderas herein after described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming;- part of this specificationFigure 1 is a front perspective of my novel holder, showing thepreferred embodiment thereof which has been reduced to actual practice.

Figure 2 is a front perspective with the front flap turned downwardly.

Figure 3 is a rear perspective of the holder.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder illustratedin Figures 1, 2 and 3 is fabricated.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

As will be understood from Figures 1, 2 and 3 considered in connectionwith Figure 4, the illustrated embodiment of my invention is preferably,though not necessarily, formed of single piece of appropriate paper orother material compatible with its purpose. It comprises a back wall 1with a notch 2 in its upper end and also with lateral arms an end wall4:, a front flap 5, and a closure end wall 6 with a front flange 7 andan end flange 8. The flange 7 also has end extensions 7*, Figure 4;. Itwill be noticed. however, by particular reference to Figure 3 that theclosure end wall 6 is not flanged at the back of the device. On theother hand the edge 9 of said wall 6 is slightly spaced from theadjacent end of the back wall 1 so as to afford an eduction opening 10in communication with the -iotch '2 and through 1928. Serial No.862,514.

which the back loose leaves designated by ll may be removed one by onefrom the holder. When the holder is closed the front flange 7 on thewall 6 serves as a keeper for the upper end of the front flap It willalso be noticed that the front flap 5 rests within the loop 12 formed bythe mentioned arms 3 which are connected together at 13 by ad- I hesiveor other suitable means. wall 1 is provided with upper corner extensions14 and'15, Figure 4, and it will also be understood that the dottedlines shown in Figure 4 represent the folds. With this understanding itwill be readily seen that the upper end closure is formed by foldingportions of the blank shown in Figure at and The .back

connecting them together by adhesive substance or other appropriatemeans in me manner shown at the upper'end of-Figure 3.

In the practical use of my novel holder, the loose leaves 11 arearranged in the holder in the manner in F igurcs 1, 2 and 3, the ends ofthe leaves abutting against the wall 4 and the closure end wall 6, andthe front of the holder being entirely closed by the 1 make a memorandumon the face of the other leaves being displaced or disarranged.

Manifestly when the supply of loose leaves 11 in the holder is depleted,a fresh supply of leaves may be readily placed in the holder. It willalso be noticed that the end wall t is adapted to move from the positionshown in Figures 1 and 3 to the position shown in Figure 2 and viceversa for the manipulation of the front flap 5 relative to the retainingflange 7, and that when the end wall a is in the position shown inFigure 2 and the front flap 5 is folded outwardly and downwardly on thefold 16, Figure 4, the loose leaves 11 will be clamped more tightly thanat other times so that there will be little or no liability of theleaves 11 shifting incidentally to the making of a memorandum on theface of the foremost leaf. I would also have it understood that when theholder is in the state shown in Figures 1 and 3, the rearmost leaf maybe readily engaged with a finger and with drawn from the holder Withoutdisturbing the other leave Notwithstanding the practical advantages ofmy novel holder as set forth in the foregoing it will be readilyobserved that the holder is extremely simple and inexpensive inconstruction and is well adapted to withstand the usage to which devicesof corresponding character are ordinarily subjected.

l have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood confining myself to the specific construction and relativearrangen'ient of parts inasmuch as in thefuture practice of theinvention various changes and modifications may he made such as fallwithin the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure byLetters li atent is l. A loose leaf holder having an end wall a backwall with a notch in its end remote from said end wall, a second endwall carried by the back wall and provided with a front flange and endflanges, the front flange spaced from the bacl: wall and thesecond-named end wall having its rear edge separated from the adjacentend of the back walh a loop carried by the back wall at an intermediatepoint in the length thereof and having a portion spaced from the innersic of the back wall and a front flap extending from the first-named endwall and under the loop and having its free end removably disposed underthe front flange of the sec-- ond-named end wall, said front flap havinga fold line at an intermediate point of its length adjacent to thefirst-named end wall which fold line is movable into and out ofcoincidence with the upper edge of the said loop.

Li loose leaf holder having an end wall, a bacl: wall with a notch inits end remote from said end wall, a second end wall can ried by theback wall and provided with a front flange and end flanges, the frontflange sp ced from the back Wall and the second-named end wall havingits rear edgeseparated from the adjacent end of the baelr. wall, a loopcarried by the back Wall at an intermediate point in the length thereofand having a portion spaced from the inner side of the back wall, and afront flap extending from the first-named end wall and under the loopand having i 3 free end removably disposed under the front flange of thesecond named end "all, said front flap having a fold line at anintermediate point of its length adjacent to the first-named end wallwhich fold line is movable into and out of coincidence with the upperedge of the said loop; the whole being formed of a single blank ofappropriate material.

3. A loose leaf holder comprising an end wall, a back wall extendingtherefrom, an end closure wall carried by the back wall and relativelyarranged to form an eduction opening between it and the end of the heel:wall remote from the tirstman'ied end walh a loop carried bv the backwall at a point adjacent to the first-named end wall. and a front flapcarried by the first-named end wall and having its free end nOVEll'llOint and out of engagement with the end closun. wall. and also having afold line movable into and out of coincidence with the upper edge of thesaid loop.

4-. A loose leaf holdercoinprising an end wall a back wall extendingtherefrom, a. loop on the back wall at an intermedizte point in thelength thereof flap-receiving and def: chahly-retaining means on theheel: wall remote from said end wall; and a 'liront flap extending' fromthe end wall and under the loop and having: its free end removableengaged with said retaining means,

ln testimony whereof I my signature.

Anson"

